Schloß Linderhof Travel Guide

 balhannah Says:  As with Herrenchiemsee Palace, Schloss Linderhof has fountain's featuring Horse's. I think he really liked Horse's by the amount of them featuring in Fountain's at his Palace's.Behind the Palace is the beautiful fountain of Neptune, the Roman God of the Sea. Neptune rides... 

 balhannah Says:  We walked infront of the Palace and followed the path on the far side. Not far, was a dear little Chapel, painted white with wooden slate roof, it looked lovely sitting on a high knob in the grounds. It was St. Anna's Chapel, built in 1684, it's the oldest building in the... 

 balhannah Says:  Schloss Linderhof was another one of King Ludwig II's Palace's. We had already been to his Herrenchiemsee Palace, and thought that was fabulous, so now we wanted to see how this one compared.The only way to see the Palace, is on a timed tour. Tours are run for different... 

 ATXtraveler Says:  This piece of Moorish Architecture was built in 1867 by the Prussians for the World Exhibition in Paris. After the Exhibition, the piece went up for sale, where in 1870 it was bid on by Henry Strousberg a famous railroad magnate of the time and King Ludwig. A few years... 

 ATXtraveler Says:  King Ludwig had an affinity for history, and particularly Greek history.On the pathway rising towards the Hennenkopf flows an artificial waterfall with stone figures symbolizing the four continents at either end. At the bottom of the cascade is a pool with a statue of... 

 ATXtraveler Says:  Keeping with his interest in Greek mythology and as a tribute to Wagner's musical dramas, Ludwig created the Venus Grotto, a tribute to the Greek God Venus. Most would consider this portion of the castle its most beautiful point, and from looking at this picture I would have... 

 mvtouring Says:  Shortly after entering the park en-route to the castle you will find the Moroccan House. This house had really been built in Morocco for the International Exhibition in Vienna 1873. The king bought it in 1878 and let it decorate in a more royal way. 

 mvtouring Says:  Really a treat to visit this grotto. It is difficult to believe that it is all artificial and was built for the king as an illustration of the First Act of Wagner's "Tannhäuser". Ludwig liked to be rowed over the lake in his golden swan-boat but at the same time he wanted... 

 mvtouring Says:  The crowning of the eastern parterre is a wooden pavilion which contains the bust of Louis XVI. The 24 steps below it leads to a fountain basin with a gilt sculpture "Amor shooting an arrow". A sculpture of "Venus and Adonis" is placed between the basin and the palace. 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Linderhof Palace is situated in the Graswang Valley, near the village of Ettal.Take the A95 motorway and the road B2 to Oberau. Follow the signs in Oberau to the road B23 (Ettaler Straße). Outside Ettal turn left to the road ST2060. In Linderhof turn right to reach the... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  We have nearly got into the following tourist trap. When we approached to the palace for the first time fountains did not work. That’s o’k! Then having made detour of the bottom park we entered into the palace. When we left it fountains didn't work as well. That’s o’k!! Then... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  As the decoration of their fantasy castles testifies, the nineteenth-century Bavarian kings Maximilian II and his son Ludwig II were obsessed by the swan motif and the medieval Grail legends associated with it.We saw swans in Hohenschwangau and Nimphenburg in Munich but... 

 Kuznetsov_Sergey Says:  Linderhof is one among the three most interesting Castles of Bavarian king Ludwig II. And it’s the only one which was finished when the king was still alive. In total Ludwig was going to construct seven castles. Only three of them were really built - Neuschwanstein,...